shadowbanthrow

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   by shadowbanthrow 6y ago

   I'm sure that felt like a celebratory victory while typing it, but there is no small measure of hilarious irony in attempting to score points about who's displaying more empathy and self-awareness, and feeling satisfied pointing o
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   by shadowbanthrow 6y ago

   > Also HN is mostly free of the unproductive "culture wars" discussions that have led to the heat death of so many fora. This is objectively and demonstrably false. The wars just manifest differently and happen to lead to an ou
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   by shadowbanthrow 6y ago

   Hold up, you really think the HN community is generally empathetic and self-aware? Like, you believed that while typing it? Do we read the same people?
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   by shadowbanthrow 6y ago

   Those are not the sole two options one has available when called a derogatory name. A fun third option is to completely ignore it and demonstrate in that ignorance that you've already won the conversation, which breaks the negative rei
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   by shadowbanthrow 6y ago

   This is why I often, and loudly, make the point that Hacker News is a great reflection of SV at large. It is also not the only example. The indictments here regarding perceived expertise outside of one's lane are not necessarily indict